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600 E Street NW « 2nd Floor » Washington, DC 20530
(202} 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457

March 6, 1996

Mr. John Pereira

Director

Historical Review Group

Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency

Re: Assassination Records Review Board Request for Additional Information and
Records No. CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials)

Dear John:

We would once again appreciate your assistance in obtaining access to CIA records of
possible pertinence to the John F. Kennedy assassination. We request that you locate
CIA or Intelligence Community serial publications for the dates immediately before and
after the assassination (November 20-30, 1963), including such publications as the _
President’s Daily Brief, the President’s Checklist, or any serial publications related
specifically to Cuba or the Soviet Union. In addition to intelligence reports, we also

request that a search be undertaken for any analytical materials bearing upon the
assassination.

As with our previous requests, we would be pleased to discuss with you ways in which
we might better refine this request.

Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,

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David G. Marwell
Executive Director

Boaro Memeers: John R. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff * Kermit L. Hall + William L. Joyce * Anna K. Nelson
Executive Director: David G. Marwell

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600 E.Street NW » 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20530

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November 27, 1996
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The Honorable John. M. Deutch eR :
‘Director of Central Intelligence

"The Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. Cu. 20505

Re: The Ceritral Intelligence Agency’s Compliance with the JFK Assassination
Records Collection Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2107.

; Dear Mr. Deutch:

Since 1994, the Assassination Records Review Board (“Review Board”) has been

working with a number of Federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency,” "

to locate and publicly release records related to the assassination of President Kennedy.
‘These actioris have been taken pursuant to The President John F. Kennedy
Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994) (“JFK .

. Act”). We have been working with Mr. John Pereira, Chief, Historical Review Group

and Mr. Barry Harrelson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group of CIA and
have appreciated the cooperation we have received.

The purpose of this letter is to request your agency’ s cooperation in assisting the
Review Board in discharging its responsibility of assuring Congress and the American
people that the goals of the JFK Act have been accomplished to the greatest reasonable
extent. We want to assure the American people that the United States Government has
identified, located, and released all records relating to the assassination of President
Kennedy. Indeed, one of the paramount purposes of the JFK Act is to certify to the
public that the United States Government is not withholding relevant materials related
to the assassination. See, e.g., Assassination Materials Disclosure Act, H. R. Rep. No. 102-
625, Part 1, 102d Cong. 2d Sess. (1992) (“The Federal Government's failure to release

official materials has contributed to numerous conspiracy theories and fueled charges of °

government complicity in the assassination ... a salutary purpose is served in opening
these files [relating to the JFK assassination ] to allay the suspicion of government
cover-up.”).

Boaro Memeers: John R. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff + Kermit L. Hall + William L. Joyce + Anna K. Nelson -
Executive Director: David G. Marwell

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November 27, 1996
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The Review Board has recently considered how it, along with the relevant federal |
agencies, can best demonstrate to the American public that a thorough, good: faith, and
records within the control of the United States Government (and that the Government is
not hiding any such materials from public disclosure). Pursuant to the Congressional
mandate under the JFK Act to “create an enforceable, independent, and accountable -

= process for the public disclosure of such records,” 44 U.S.C. § 2107(2)(a)(3),.:tife Review
Board seeks to have the relevant federal agencies provide a complete and specific
accounting of their efforts to locate and release assassination-related records;; ‘eluding
a full explanation for any destruction of such records.

Accordingly, the Review Board requests that each relevant agency adhere to the formal
compliance program (hereinafter “JFK Act Compliance Program”) outlined below and
devised by the Review Board pursuant to its powers under Section 7(j)(1)(A), (B), (C),
(D), and (F) of the JFK Act. We hereby request that you undertake the following _
measures by the dates provided (these dates were set in view of the fact that the
Review Board's operations currently are scheduled to expire on September 30, 1997):

intent to comply with thee Act We request that by December 9, 1996,
your agency designate an Agency Compliance Official who ultimately will
be responsible for ensuring that the agency has complied with its
obligations under the JFK Act, including the identification, location, and
organization of assassination records and the transmission of those
records to the National Archives and Records Administration (“National
Archives”). Although the Review Board assumes that Mr. John Pereira or
Mr. Barry Harrelson will serve in this position, we nevertheless await
your formal confirmation. If necessary, your agency may designate
additional persons with knowledge of the measures that have been
undertaken to locate assassination records. ,

We also request that by December 9, 1996, the agency convey its
agreement to adhere to the compliance procedures outlined in this letter.
To the extent that any compliance procedure described below appears to
be unreasonable or to present difficulties that we may not have
anticipated, please explain why and make alternate suggestions to us.

2. Initial Statement of Compliance. We request that the Agency Compliance
Official prepare, by January 6, 1997, an initial written statement of the

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The Honorable John M. Deutch
November 27, 1996

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agency’s compliance with, the JFK Act (“Statement of Compliance”),

. Setting forth the steps that the agency has taken to locate and process
_ assassination records. The Review Board recognizes that many of the
_ televant federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, have

previously written letters to the Review Board apprising it of their
progress at various stages of ‘identifying and processing assassination
records under the JFK Act. The Statement of. Campliance, while it may
include information previously reported to the Board, is to be the agency’s
comprehensive and final report to the American public of what it has
done to locate records relating to the assassination. This Statement of
Compliance shall include, to the fullést reasonable extent, the following
information:

a. A complete description of all steps that your agency took to
identify and locate assassination records including, but not limited
to, an identification of the major record collections and files that
were consulted in the agency's search, any departmental file
indices consulted, the names and titles of the persons who were
responsible for conducting the searches, the physical locations of |
the records that were searched, the off-site storage facilities (e.g.,
Federal Records Centers) searched, the specific steps that were
taken to locate and retrieve materials in archives, and any other
criteria used by the agency to locate assassination records.

b. | Adescription of the steps that the agency took in direct response to
specific requests of the Review Board to locate certain additional
records or information relating to the assassination. In particular,
we ask that the CIA describe what specific steps it has taken to
address the following requests: CIA-9, Publications and Analytical
Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated March 6, 1996 to Mr.
John Pereira); CIA-11, Silvia Duran’s Original Statement (See David
G. Marwell letter dated May 3, 1996 to Mr. John Pereira); CIA-12,
JMWAVE Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated May 22,
1996 to Mr. John Pereira); for HTLINGUAL records (See T. Jeremy
Gunn Memorandum dated October 1, 1996 to Mr. Barry Harrelson);
and for Monthly Operational Reports on Cuban Exile Groups (See
Manuel E. Legaspi Memorandum dated October 17, 1996 to Mr.
Barry Harrelson).

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November 27, 1996

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c. To the extent that any assassination-related records have been
destroyed by the agency or any agency official, a full and specific
explanation of the circumstances surrounding the destruction of
such records.

d. The status of remaining work that you can now identify that needs
to be completed by your agency in order to comply fully with the
JFK Act, including an identification of the categories of records
that must be processed and transmitted to the National Archives, a
description of any additional searches for files that must be done,
and the projected date(s) for completion of these tdsks.

Shortly after the submission of the agency’ 8 written Statement of
Compliance, we ask that the Agency Compliance Official (as well as any
persons who helped prepare the agency’s initial Statement of
Compliance) be made available to the Review Board for an interview

regarding the location of agency assassination records. The interview will... ee

be used as an opportunity to resolve any outstanding questions regarding
the agency’s search, including any follow-up tasks to be completed by the
agency. The Review Board anticipates that these interviews will be
conducted in January 1997.

LAg ion of jance. By July 1, 1997,

Federal agencies a are re expected t to complete the | process of identification,

location, and declassification of its assassination records at which time
they should submit to the Review Board a final declaration certifying,
under oath, their compliance with the provisions of the JFK Act (the “Final :
Declaration of Compliance”). Because of the volume of CIA records, such  ~
a “final” statement may not be practicable at that time. However, we do
expect that CIA will provide a complete status appraisal by July 1, 1997.
This final declaration shall set forth all of the.information initially set forth
in the initial Statement of Compliance and shall also supplement the initial
Statement of Compliance by detailing any further steps that were
conducted by the agency in identifying and locating assassination records.
The agencies’ Final Declarations of Compliance will be included in our
final report to Congress.

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_ November 27, 1996

. Starting on or about August 1, 1997, the Review
Board, pursuant to its statutory authority; may conduct depositions,
under oath, of the Agency Compliance Official along with any other
agency officials with responsibility for complying with the JFK Act. The
decision to take a compliance deposition of an agency will be made ona
case by case basis, taking into account the importance of the agency to the
work of the JFK Act and the sufficiency of the agency’s efforts to account
fully for its compliance with the JFK Act. In the event that the Review
Board decides to commence a compliance deposition of an agency, the
responsible agency designee(s) will be expected to testify under oath with
respect to any and all issues relating to the.agency’s record search,
including the scope of the search, the identity of files searched, the
destruction of any relevant records, and any other matters set forth in the
Final Declaration of Compliance. Any person obligated to appear for a
deposition under oath shall be fully entitled to obtain legal representation.

We look forward to receiving your initial response, by December 9, that designates your
Agency Compliance Official and includes your statement regarding your position with
respect to the provisions outlined in this letter. To'the extent that you have any —
questions or suggestions regarding the Compliance Program, please do not hesitate to
contact our General Counsel, T. Jeremy Gunn, at (202) 724-0088.

Thank you for your cooperation with our work.

Sincerely,

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David G. Marwell
Executive Director’

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The Honorable Nora Slatkin, Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Michael O’Neil, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
John Pereira, Chief, Historical Review Group, Central Intelligence Agency
Barry Harrelson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group, Central

Intelligence Agency

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10 February 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR:
DI Focal Point for JFK Board

FROM: , Barry Harrelson
DCI/CSI/HRG
JFK Project Officer
SUBJECT: ARRB Request No. CIA-9
REFERENCE: ' “Compliance Letter” to DCI, fr. ARRB

ExDir, dtd. 27 Nov 1996, (attached)

1. The attached request was received from the
Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) in March 1996. It
appears from our records that a copy was not sent to you.
(Our normal procedure is to provide the appropriate
Directorate Focal Point a copy of the request as soon as
received.) This is one of several requests placed on hold
while we worked on other ARRB priorities.

2. In the Agency's response to the 27 November
“Compliance” letter (see reference), we asked the ARRB to
prioritize their requests. The ARRB staff has identified
CIA-9 as a “priority” request.

3. The initial request is for access not release. We
usually limit access to sensitive material to Jeremy Gunn,
ARRB General Counsel, and one or two of his staff. If the
material is particularly sensitive, access is restricted to
Mr. Gunn and/or the Executive Director of the Board, Mr.
David Marwell. Gunn, Marwell and all members of the ARRB
Staff's CIA team are fully cleared (TS/SCI).

4. HRG reviewer Jim Hanrahan (31809): is the focal point
for this request. Many of the documents described in CIA-9
were part of eight Executive Order Mandatory Review requests
(see attachments) from 1994 and 1995. Jim has obtained from
IP&CRD full-text copies of the documents. He will be in
touch with you concerning access to these specific
documents. ,

5. Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of February 24 to
review documents. Please advise HRG as soon as possible of

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THIS MEMORANDUM IS ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY
WHEN SEPARATED FROM CLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT

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any concerns or restrictions on access to the mandatory
review documents. -Also please provide any additional
documents responsive to CIA-9 as soon as possible, and
advise us of the status of the search by CQB 21 February

_ 1997.

(sl

Barry Harrelson

Attachments:
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~~ 23 April 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Hanrahan
CSI

FROM:
DI/IRO Staff

SUBJECT: Documents Related to President Kennedy
Assassination

1. Per your request, OIR searched for the documents
related to the time period around the Kennedy
assassination.We are still searching for the PICL and the
World Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination series.
Enclosed are the CIB's and the CIWR's for the dates you
requested. I will be in touch to let you know the results of
our ongoing search.

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CL BY:

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Hanrahan
CSI/HRG

FROM: { John_Loverro)
DI/IRO Staff

SUBJECT: ARRB ‘Request No. CIA-9

1. The DI/IMO has located the PICL's which you
requested as part of the above request. Copies for 20, 21
and 23 November 1963 are attached. Please call if you need

additional material.

(John Loverro}

ADMIN-INTERNAL USE ONLY
when separated from attachments

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

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17 June 1997

Barry Harrelson
Senior Review Officer
CSI/HRG

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DI/IRO

JFK Assassination Review Board Request

1. On 11 June 1997 members of the DI/IRO staff, OSS
personnel, and Bonnie Hunter of your staff met with Michelle

Combs and Bob Skwriot of the JFK Assassination Review Board

to discuss DI document retrieval methods. The meeting was
requested by the Board to provide them with a clearer
understanding of DI document searches.

2. and of OSS provided a

detailed overview of the document retrieval process. Ilse
walked the board members through a typical request, document
search, and retrieval. The Board members were satisfied with

the thorough nature of the process and appreciated the time

spent to provide a detailed overview.

3. During our discussions the Board members asked for
five additional topics which they felt might be appropriate

to research on the JFK assassination. These were:

- USSR, Cuba,and Mexico combined with the term assa-

ssination for the period 20-30 November 1963.

- Minsk radio factories(where Oswald was employed)
and possible Cuban training bases in the Minsk region for
the period October 1959 to January 1963.

- Helsinki and visas to try to capture information

on Oswald's visa application. The Board also asked for

information on hotels in Moscow and Minsk where Oswald may

have stayed.

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- Information on the freighter "Marion Lykes" plus a
passenger manifest covering the period 19 September to 8

October 1959.

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SUBJECT: JFK Assasination Review Board Request
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- Information on anti-Castro activity by Cuban exile
groups operating in the US for the period January 1961 to
January 1964.

4. Ilse did a search of these topics and was able to
find three documents related to activities of Cuban exile
groups in Miami for the time period specified.These
documents are attached. There were no hits on the other

- requests.

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19 June 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR: Barry Harrelson
CSI/HRG

FROM: {John _Loverro

DI/IRO: Staff

SUBJECT: JFK Assassination Board Request |

1. {Dick_Flynd asked me to forward the attached to you.
Documents included are the President's Intelligence
Checklist for 22, 24, and 29 November 1963, the Daily
Summary for 25 and 29 November 1963 and 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12
and 13 December 1963,the Weekly Summary for 22 and 29
November 1963,the President's Intelligence Briefing Book for
26 November 1963, the Current Intelligence Digest for 26
November 1963 and 2 December 1963, Current Intelligence
Memorandums for 25 and 29 November 1963,CIA Memorandums for
23,24,25 November 1963( World Reaction to the Assassination
of Presidet Kennedy), a memorandum on the Analysis of World
Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination (13 December
1963),FBIS World Reaction Series No. 8-1963,Government
Leaders Expected to Attend President Kennedy's Funeral, 25
November 1963,FBID 25 November 1963 entitled "The Past
Soviet Propaganda Assessment of President Johnson", two
undated memoranda from Job#79T01762, Box 5, Folder 3,several
rough drafts of various papers,and a memorandum entitled
"Rumors About Lee Harvey Oswald" dated 23 March 1964.

2. Please let us know if the DI/IRO can be of -
additional assistance.

(John Loverro)

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MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: Documents Included in Memo to Barry Harrelson, 19
June 1963

1. The President's Intelligence Checklist, 23(TS
Dinar),and 24, 29 November 1963(TS).

2. Daily Summary 25 and 29 November 1963 and
2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13 December 1963. (TS Dinar)

3. Weekly Summary 22 and 29 November 1963. (S/NF)

4. The President's Intelligence Briefing Book 26
November 1963.(TS Dinar)

5. Current Intelligence Digest 26 November and 2
December 1963. (S/NF)

6. Current Intelligence Memorandum 25 November
1963. (C) . :

7. Current Intelligence Memorandum OCI No. 2477/63 29
November 1963. (C)

8. Current Intelligence Memorandum SC No.06504/63 5
November 1963.(TS Dinar/NF)

9. CIA Memorandum "World Reaction to the Assassination
of President Kennedy" 23,24,and 25 November 1963.(TS Dinar)

10. Memorandum "Analysis of World Reaction to President
Kennedy's assassination" 13 December 1963. (S/Limited
Distribution)

11. FBIS World Reaction Series No. 8 -1963 26 November.
1963. (Official Use Only)

12. "Government Leaders Expected to Attend President
Kennedy's Funeral" 25 November 1963. (Not Classified) -

13. FBID Special Memorandum "The Past Soviet Propaganda
Assessment of President Johnson" 25 November 1963. (C)

14. Various undated, unattributed memos from Job 3
79T01762, Box 5, Folder 3.(Some pages labeled TS)

15. Various long hand versions of undated, unattributed
drafts. No Job number identified. (One page noted as TS in
longhand; later pages labeled TS Umbra/Sensitive/Chess/Ruff)

16. Memorandum "Rumors About Lee Harvey Oswald" dated

. 23 March 1963. (S)

17. Two documents on file search requests for material
on President Kennedy's Assassination(No Classification)

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December 10, 1997

Barry,

Welcome back! Here are the two letters we received from the LBJ Library with
the listed materials attached. We can process these documents as assassination records
by designating only the sections of the reports/checklist/memoranda that are
assassination related and declaring the rest NBR. We could include a short
memorandum which explains that these documents are compilations of lots of issues,
and the NBR redactions are unrelated to the assassination. If these materials are about
to be released under the Executive Order and there are no redactions in the
assassination related parts, the Board will probably not need to see them.

As long as you are talking to the Executive Order folks, there were additional
materials (beyond the ones specified in these letters) which the LBJ Library sent to CIA
and I reviewed early last spring. Some of those items also could be designated as
assassination records. I can give you a copy of the list if you don’t have it. It would be
nice to know what has happened to these materials too.

Thanks for checking on this issueSiE1 i If this issue is settled,

CIA-9 may be close to completion.

Michelle

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June 23, 1995

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NLJ 95-263 .

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Mr. John Wright 3
Information and Privacy Coordinator - RELEAS . Oe "
Central Intelligence Agency _
Washington, DC 20505

Dear Mr. Wright:

Under the mandate of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act-and the
provisions of Sectiori 3.4, Executive Order 12356, Harry J. Middleton, the Director of the
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, has requested the mandatory deciassifi cation review of the
enclosed CIA document from our holdings. _

The enclosed document list identifies the Library file which contains the document. This —
request is from donated historical material; therefore, Freedom of information Act and Privacy
Act exemptions may not be cited.

Would CIA please coordinate declassification review of the document, including any necessary
concurrences from other agencies, and inform the Library of its determination for each
document. Should CIA excise information from any documents, please provide. the Library
with appropriately marked copies. Please determine, where applicable, if information may be
downgraded.

Because of the heightened interest in this material, we ask that you please expedite review
of these documents and respond as soon as possible with the results of your review.

’ ff there is any question concerning this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. | can -
be reached at 512-482-5137, extension 255.

Sincerely,

REGINA GREENWELL
Senior Archivist

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Mr. John Wright
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 20505 °

Dear Mr. Wright:

Under the mandate of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act and the
provisions of Section 3.4, Executive Order 12356, Harry J. Middleton, the Director of the
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, has requested the mandatory. declassification review of the
enclosed CIA document(s) from our holdings.

The enclosed document list identifies the Library file which contains the document(s). This
request is from donated historical material; therefore, Freedom of Information Act and
Privacy Act exemptions may not be cited.

Would CIA please coordinate declassification review of the document(s), including any
necessary concurrences from other agencies, and inform the Library of its determination for
each document. Should CIA excise information from any documents, please provide the
Library with appropriately marked copies.

Because of the “heightened interest in this material, I ask that you please expedite review
of these documents and respond as soon as possible with the results of your review.

If there is any question conceming this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can
be reached at 512-482-5137.
Sincerely,

REGINA GREENWELL

Senior Archivist

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COMMENTS

The following is a list of some of the LBJ Library documents that have not reached us in the

‘review process. As I understand it, these were submitted to you by the library and marked as

assassination records by Michelle. They are related to request CIA-9. As we discussed these are
not the balance of the LBJ library records awaiting review, only the most easily identified.

From the desk of...

Robert J. Skwirot

Assassination Records Review Board
600 E Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20530

(202) 724-0088
Fax: (202) 724-0457

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LBLLIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST | MR Case Number: NLI944¢Y =
Name (Last, First, M.1.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. - _ . Page 1 of 2 | —_
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX. 78705 Consulting Agency: CIA |

File Location: See Below ‘Date Completed: 8/4/94

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ntelligence File, "Co laterial, Vol, 1." . .
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Teport President's Intelligence Checklist 11/25/63 TS Oo {SC-NLJ-083/93 B/1]
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report _President’s Intelligence Checklist 11/26/63 TSF ‘Y [SC-NLJ-084/93 _B/1]
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Name (Last, Fist,M.l): MIDDLETON, HARRY. oo Page 2 of 2
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705. Consulting Agency: CIA

File Location: See Below Date Completed: 8/4/94

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B A REVIEW ISS s MR Case Number: NLJ 95-211

Name (Last, Fist, M.L.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. Page 1 of 1

Address: LBY Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705 Consulting Agency: CIA

File Location: See Below

Date Completed: 5/24/95
Comments:
Joc. Doe. Oacument - Doc. Classifi- No. ., Comnents Action
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telligence Briefings, President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23-12/5/63, Box 1 :

2 report Intelligence Checklist | 14163 TS ll
NSF, Country Fi ‘astro’s Spe L1Box20
4 memo Intelligence Memorandum ~ 11/25/63 Cc 2

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152. report . Intelligence Report 12/20/63 § 1

[58 report -—_—Intelligence Report : 1218/63 Ss

170 = report - Intelligence Report | ~ 12/13/63 s 2

183 report Intelligence Report 11/27/63 s 2

188 report Intelligence Report’) i; . 11/24/63 = 2

190° “report Intelligence Report 11/23/63 So

NSF, Country File, USSR, Cables, Vol. 1, Boi 217 =

36 report Intelligence Report . 12/ 11/63 KN) 5

NSF, Agency File, CIA, Helms Memorandum, Box 10

i4 memo Intelligence Memorandum , 4120164 oS. 3 [Sanitized 1990/copy enclosed]

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ISSION LIST . - MR Case Number: NLI 95-270

Name (Last, First, M.L): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. . . Page 1 of 1
Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705 7 Consulting Agency: CIAWH
File Location: NSF, Situation Room File, 11/22/63-12/31/63, BoxS8 = Date Completed: 6/13/95

Comments: PCI= Possible Classified Information.
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LBL LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST MR Case Number; NLJ.95-378
Name (Lait, int, M..): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. Oo ee Page 1 of 1

- Address: LB) Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TK 78705 Consulting Agency: CLA/WH

File Location: See Below | Date Completed: 8/30/95

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NSF, Committee File, Pr es ident’s Committee-on the Warren Report, Meetings, Vol, 1, Box 14
2a memcon "Meeting on 10/15/64, of President's..." 10/21/64 § a) (Exempted 1976)
2b-2 report "Background Paper on Security of..." (10/64). S 5 (Exempted 1976]
11 memcon "Meeting on 10/13/64 of President's..." 10/15/64 S ‘5 _ [Exempted 1976]
14 memo Chase to Bundy. 10/13/64 °C 2 [Exempted 1976}
16s draft From the President . 10/12/64 C 1 [Exempted 1976}
NSF, Committee File, President’s Committee on the Warren Report; Meetings, Vol, 1, Box 14
9 memo “Chase to Bundy | , 10/16/64 = § 1 {Exempted 1976]
9a memo Osborn and Kallen to Carey 10/16/64 = § 6 [Exempted 1976}
mmi ile, President’ mittee on th W rren Repor ral, Vol. 2, Box I
25 =memo Ash to Smith ; 11/17/64 Cc 1 {Sanitized 1976/copy enclosed)
32 memo Bundy to President | 11/6/64 —ss«SS:. I : {Exempted 1977]

s2a-l report “Procedure for Conducting..." "11/5/64 $ 4

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ddress: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705. ° 7 | . Consulting Agency: CIA ©

ile Location: NSF, Committee File, President’s Committee on the Warren Report, Meetings, Vol. 1, Box 14 ’ Date Completed: 8/30/95

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BRARY J TORY REVIEW SSION Lis MR Case Number: NLJ 95-212
Name (Last, Fist, ML) MIDDLETON, HARRY J. Page lofi
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78105 Consulting Agency: STATE
File Location: See Below * Date Completed: 5/24/95

Comments: PCI= Possible Classifi ied Information :

Document |

Deser{ ptfon Taken

61 memo Hartiman toBundy = ses °C + 1 Atha

bla notes Walton's "Visit to Moscow" - 12/63  C 5 4

NSF, Country File, USSR, Mikoyan Conversations, Vol, J, Bo x 228 '

Ja / memcon "Soviet press reaction to President..." 11/25/63 c 1 dechere ce 23 4
db “ memcon =—s- "Miikoyan conversation: with Mrs, Kennedy" 11/25/63 OC 1 wf Ce47 aa
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31” airgram La Paz A-477 | «R64 Cc 5‘! ((Sanitize

59 aicgram Madrid A442 | ‘1216/63 PCE Sa

61” sirgram Madrid A-437 | 121363 ak

78 cable = Madrid uss oo. 127163 c 1% CIA S&S Ysore

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LBI LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST _ oe MR Case Number: NLI 95-26, -
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. . or Page 1 of 1

Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705 _ : _ Consulting Agency: CIA

File Location: NSF, Intelligence Briefings, President's Intelligence’ Checklist, 11/23-12/15/63, Box 1 ' Date Completed: 6/13/95
Comments: . ° . —_

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6 September 1998

MEMORANDUM FOR: (Barbara T. Blufer/@ DI

. CIA
FROM: J. Barry Harrelson

JFK Project Officer

OFFICE: OIM/HRP
SUBJECT: ; ARRB Request CIA-9: President's Intelligence Checklists
REFERENCE:
Barbara,

Could you take a few minutes before the ARP to look at how we.are handling the Checklists.
ARRB has requested 11 (Nov. 20-30); Jim Hanrahan is reviewing.

Have you finished your review of the 24 documents sent previously? If so could you bring them
with you. ;

The two items you gave me to review last week are not considered “assassination records"; you
can close the book on them.

The ARRB staff will not complete its review of Di documents until the end of this week. Hopefully
they will not select many as assassination records (AR). If possible, | would like to set up coordination
session at IP. [ will call you as soon as | know how many assassination records we have.

Thanks for you help.

Barry

cc: James R. Oliver @ DA (bcc: Bonnie K. Hunter-Y-)
Sent on 6 September 1998 at 03:23:55 PM

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MEMORANDUM
September 12, 1998
To: Laura Denk
Executive Director
cc: Bob Skwirot
CIA Team Leader

From: Michelle Combs A Ay

Associate Director for Research and Review

‘Ben Rockwell 6. Lal

Analyst
Subject. CIA-9 Publications and Analytical Materials ”

The Review Board’s Request for Additional Records and Information CIA-9 asked the
CIA to locate CIA or Intelligence Community serial publications for the dates
immediately before and after the assassination (November 20-30, 1963), including such
publications as the President’s Daily Brief, the President’s Checklist, and any serial
publications related specifically to Cuba or the Soviet Union. Review Board also
requested that a search be undertaken for any analytical materials bearing upon the
assassination.

In response to the Review Board’s request, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) searched
for serial publications which might contain information of relevance tothe —--
assassination, special or ad hoc reports pertaining to the assassination, and raw
intelligence reports on topics which might pertain to the assassination. All the material
s supplied by the Directorate of Intelligence have been reviewed by the Review Board
staff. Material within these publications, relevant to the assassination of President John
Kennedy, was designated as assassination records. Due to the sensitive and worldwide °
nature of the information contained in most of these Directorate of Intelligence
publications, only material relevant to the assassination was designated as an
assassination record. These designated records will be processed and sent to the JFK
Collection at the National Archives.

The Directorate of Intelligence supplied copies of the following serial publications for
the period November 20-30, 1963 or containing information which from the period
November 20-30, 1963.

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The President's Intelligence Checklist, the predecessor of The President's Daily Brief,
an all-source daily summary of intelligence information designed for the
President and a small number of high level officials.

The Daily Brief of the Central Intelligence Bulletin, a larger and more detailed all-
source publication with a wider distribution.

The Weekly Review - Office of Current Intelligence, an all-source weekly
compendium of events available on Fridays.

The Weekly Summary - . Office of Current Intelligence, a more limited version of The
Weekly Review mentioned above. The Weekly Summary only contained material up
to the SECRET level.

According to the Directorate of Intelligence, only one analytical report on Cuba or the
Soviet Union, dated November 15, 1963, was issued near the relevant period. The
Review Board staff read this report but did not designate it as an assassination record.

The Review Board staff also examined The President's Intelligence Briefing Book, dated
November 26, 1963, a compendium of information on major intelligence issues affecting
the national security of the United States, which was prepared for President Lyndon
Johnson. This briefing book was not designated as an assassination record.

In addition, the DI was asked to search for intelligence reporting on anti-Castro activity
by Cuban exile groups in the United States from January 1961 - January 1964. The
Weekly Review - Office of Current Intelligence for April 5, April 12, and April 19, 1963 were
found to contain relevant information on exile.raids on Cuban targets. The relevant
portions of these documents were designated as assassination records.

: Finally, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) searched for records based on-subjects

supplied by the Review Board staff. The DI database is searchable only by general
subject headings assigned from a master list and coded to particular documents. This
database is not searchable by keyword. In response to the Review Board’s request, the -
DI supplied raw intelligence reports (not finished analytical intelligence documents) for
the period November 20 - November 30, 1963 for the USSR, Cuba, and Mexico.
Documents relevant to the assassination of President John Kennedy were designated as
assassination records.

The DI reported that there were no DI intelligence reports on the following subjects

- searched at the request of the Review Board staff:

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USSR and assassination

Cuba and assassination
Mexico and assassination
Minsk radio factories

Cuban training bases in Minsk
Helsinki and visas

Hotels and Moscow

Hotels and Minsk

Freighter “Marion Lykes”

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File 4.20.1 and 4.20.4

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a ReBECRET
14 September 1998
FOR DI REVIEW: CIA #9, LBJ Library Material -
NOTE: Review only the material outside of the blue
highlighting. Inside the blue highlighting is declared non-
relevant. .

Attachments:

I. THE PRESIDENT’S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
(11 items, see below)

1. 20 November 1963, 8 pages
2. 21 November 1963, 8 pages CIA Sprr> .

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22 November 1963, 7 pages REY

(23 November 1963, 14 pages
24 November 1963, 11 pages
25 November 1963, 11 pages
26 November 1963, 10 pages

27 November 1963, 16 pages

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28 November 1963, 14 pages
10. 29 November 1963, 10 pages
11. 30 November 1963, 10 pages
II. McCone Files: Two items: White House Briefing for the

DCI, 7 April 1964, 6 pages; and Khanh‘s Data on “Population
Control,” 5 May 1964, 3 pages

III. McCone Files: Two items: re South Vietnam, 11
September 1963, 3 pages; NSC ExCom Meetong on Vietnam,
18 September 1963, 4 pages

IV. McCone Files: Two Items: The Diem Regime, 8 October
1963, 4 pages; Special OCI Memoranda on Coup Plotting in
South Vietnam, 7 October 1963.

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CIA SPEC 6 COLLECTIONS
Ms. Laura Denk, Esquire ary
Executive Director

Assassination Records Review Board
600 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20530

Reference: CIA-9, Intelligence Community Publications
on Cuba or USSR (November 20-30, 1963)

Dear Ms. Denk:
This is in response to referent request.

Searches were made for information responsive to the
request and materials were provided for examination by ARRB
staff. From that examination, staff members selected a

. number of documents to be included within the JFK
Collection. Those documents have now been included with the
JFK Collection and are being processed for released to NARA.

This concludes the Agency’s action on this request. If
-you have any question, please advise.

Sincerely,

J. Barry Harrels
JFK Project Officer

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Ms. Laura Denk, Esquire

HRP/OIM: apd/(14 Sep 98)

Distribution:
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21 September 1998

MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry Harrelson@DCl

FROM: (Barbara T. Blufer }
DIRO-

OFFICE: DI/RO

SUBJECT: Disposition of the DI/IRO on the release of Country Names in the 11
PICLs Reviewed by
Me for the ARRB

REFERENCE:

1._ In light of the additional details, laying out the background of negotiations on the PICLs conducted by
(Linda Cipriani,in OGC and articulated in a note to George last week--not sent to me, | concur with the
inclusion of country names of even the non-relevant titles in the text of the reviewed PICLs. It's always
easier to make appropriate decisions when one is armed with the full knowledge of the background. In
light of my very short tenure in dealing with this issue, | would appreciate in the future receiving any $e
background or additional information on prior negotiations that ha¥ bearing on decisions | must make.
Additionally, having that background information ahead of any review or disposition saves time and effort,
and result in the best decision not only for the DI but also for the Agency.

2. This concludes the DI action on this matter. A signed copy of this memorandum will be sent to Barry
for his records.

Cc: Robert.J. Eatinger@DCl
(Linda C. Cipriani@DC!
W. George Jameson@DI

(Kathleen K, Boster@DI

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James R. Oliver@DA

(Michael D. Smith@D!
Sent on 21 September 1998 at 11:34:13 AM

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